Townsville/Magnetic Island | Day Tours

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Townsville/Magnetic Island | Day Tours

Townsville / Magnetic Island diving experiences are as diverse as the locations you are experiencing them. There’s everything here from shore diving on Magnetic Island, to boat diving around the island, dive trips to the Great Barrier Reef and of course, the SS Yongala shipwreck dive. How you choose to package your Townsville diving experiences and holiday all depends on your budget, experience and itinerary. Some tips and information below.

Townsville / Magnetic Island Dive Trip Destinations
Townsville’s dive trips visit two great destinations, which we have briefly covered above. Now let’s look at these dive sites in more detail.

Townsville / Magnetic Island Outer Great Barrier Reef
Townsville is located on Queensland’s north-eastern coastline. Townsville’s Outer Great Barrier Reef is approximately 65km offshore and travel time is between 2 – 3 hours (each way), pending weather. The preferred day dive trip location is Lodestone Reef, which has great coral cover and an amazing diversity of marine life. Water / dive depth varies anywhere from 1m to 20m. You may encounter sea sharks and stingrays, clownfish and parrotfish, sea turtles and maybe even a Dwarf Minke Whale (seasonal).

COVID-19 UPDATE – 23rd March 2020

Our boarders are opening up so I’m sure like me you are getting excited about your next Australian dive experience. However Australia wide not all day tours, liveaboard trips and dive course programs have commenced their normal full running operation. Dive in Australia now offers live availability on a number of our trips however to avoid disappointment we request until we have been advised by all operators we represent to please contact us first before planning to book any future travel.